I’m also curious to know why some topics are unlisted/locked, then silently deleted. Won’t list any here [1] but I do have a hard time understanding how they’re making a mess as a whole, given the amount of overall traffic on this forum. Leaving some of those locked will just feel more transparent …

I feel as the feedback here has been clear, and we have started down a path of people repeating themselves and their points, rather than adding anything new. This is really hindering our ability to take in this feedback and discuss it amongst ourselves, so I’m going to close this thread. Thanks eve…

I can understand deleting entire threads where discussion of illegal activity or violations of user right to be forgotten is occurring, however using deleting whole threads (not just singular posts) in places where the violations are more minor can lead to confusion amongst users, and uncertainty r…

This was why I contacted the mods. We did not get to any point of agreeing - no, which is even some of the worst things, a mod itself was objectively violating their own rules - and so the whole thing got locked after overall six messages. I am completely OK with deleting the all-known deleted topi…

[image] kissu: Concerning point tho is the fact that @jonah reacted by proposing OP to just create a blog to avoid such issues in the future. I do not disagree with people hosting their own blog/socials , yet it looks like a weird thing to say to somebody on a forum. I read the thread you sh…

I don’t think stuff should be deleted unless it is graphic or illegal/unethical. Even if someone is spreading FUD or being disruptive, I’d rather see their account locked with maybe a message implying what happened. It is more transparent and allows other users to decide their own opinions, with all…

[image] ThePrivacyDad: and was pretty shocked by this reply from Jonah. I, frankly, still do not follow how someone can post: title: Do you guys use whonix? raw: Let’s have a good conversation about it and see how poor it became in recent years. I feel pity for those whose it for their ano…

[image] phnx: It also seems to me that a lot of complaints basically come down to thinking unlisted posts demonstrate a lack of transparency, but I don’t know how else we can be expected to remove posts which violate the rules. Hey there, I would simply suggest to communicate more on your int…

It was simply a third party tool supported by the platform. It allows automatic “announcement" of moderation actions done via that tool to a dedicated channel. Be it automatic triggers or manual actions. IIRC the format was something like: {ACTIONTYPE} DATE: {YYYY-MM-DD} TIME: {HH:mm:ss} MODERA…

[image] any1: This is the thing I find most frustrating: some threads get unlisted (which is fine in most cases) but then are completely deleted after a few days [image] Expert4870: I don’t think stuff should be deleted unless it is graphic or illegal/unethical I second this. The bar f…

[image] lyricism: mass flagging campaign with another user I think that other user was me. [image] jonah: it sounds like your replies also caused more off-topic posts since you had to send more than one. I don’t believe I replied to the off topic comments but my account was also silen…

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